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Verb

1. Lift or move to a higher position or level.

she raised both arms above her head

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2. Lift or move to a vertical position; set upright.

It is slowly raised upright, a careful job made more arduous by high heat and humidity.

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3. Construct or build (a structure)

After the barn was raised, I built a cowshed and horse stall on the east side.

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4. Cause to rise or form.

the galloping horse raised a cloud of dust

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5. Bring to the surface (a ship that has sunk)

It is up to them to decide whether to raise the ship.

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6. Cause (bread) to rise, especially by the action of yeast.

Added to selective breeding is another step, another human act, that of using yeast to raise the bread or ferment the wine.

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7. Make (a nap) on cloth.

the gig mills raised the nap on the cloth prior to shearing

8. Increase the amount, level, or strength of.

the bank raised interest rates

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9. Promote (someone) to a higher rank.

Thus by virtue of her humility she was raised to a higher rank.

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10. (raise something to) Multiply a quantity to (a specified power)

The recipe in this case is to take each prime p from 2 to infinity, raise it to the power s, then after some further arithmetic multiply together the terms for all p.

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11. (in poker or brag) bet (a specified amount) more than (another player)

I'll raise you another hundred dollars

12. Make a higher bid in the same suit as that bid by (one's partner)

North raises to three no trumps

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13. Cause to occur or to be considered.

the alarm was raised when he failed to return home

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14. Generate (an invoice or other document)

They raised two petitions and sent 64 letters of objection.

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15. Collect, levy, or bring together (money or resources)

There is little prospect of raising the required amount.

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16. Bring up (a child)

he was born and raised in San Francisco

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17. Breed or grow (animals or plants)

He now has no land to grow crops or raise cattle.

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18. Bring (someone) back from death.

Jesus claimed to be God and God rewarded him by raising him from the dead - because he was telling the truth.

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19. Cause (a ghost or spirit) to appear.

Even our closest allies in the US and UK were shocked and mortified, raising the ghost of the White Australia policy.

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20. Abandon or force an enemy to abandon (a siege, blockade, or embargo)

The Jeanne D'Arc of this film is no longer the heroic leader who raised the siege of Orleans.

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21. Drive (an animal) from its lair.

the rabbit was only 250 yards from where he first raised it

22. (of someone at sea) come in sight of (land or another ship)

they raised the low coast by evening

23. Establish contact with (someone) by telephone or radio.

She figured she was safe enough to try raising the prison, so she configured the radio and transmitted a hailing.

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24. Stimulate production of (an antiserum, antibody, or other biologically active substance) against the appropriate target cell or substance.

Fucose was complexed with bovine serum albumin to raise antibodies against fucose.

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Noun

1. An increase in salary.

Our raises are not keeping pace with inflation.

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2. (in poker or brag) an increase in a stake.

Then betting commences with raises, calls and folds as usual.

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3. A higher bid in the suit that one's partner has bid.
4. An act of lifting or raising a part of the body while holding a weight.

The overhead press and overhead lateral raise are good movements to make your shoulders wider.

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Origin

1. Middle English from Old Norse reisa; related to the verb rear.

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